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In the Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat?

Post Subject: ProximityPosted by Paul S on: 9/17/2016

I don't worry about being close to my speakers, but - now that I have gotten it - I have grown accustomed to some sort of "sound stage" (or "sound field") that I associate at least partly with keeping the speakers away from the walls, and certainly away from corners. On the other hand, I have been very lazy about damping my back wall, apart from Venetian blinds, despite I suspect that this would "help" with the "imaging". It seems like, with the passage of time, my manic hi-fi periods are shorter and farther between. And, though my ability to "hear the causes" of hi-fi-related sounds is greater than ever now, I guess I really just don't fret about it as much as I did 30 years ago, and I only rarely get excited about it. The one exception, consistently, is when I realize as I listen that the electricity is especially great. Then, if there is any way I can do it, I start breaking out the LPs and CDs and I listen until the electricity turns bad (or average) again, or I fade from exhaustion.

Best regards,
Paul S

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